2. Encrypt that wallet with the maximum security you can find, using the most secure password you can keep track of3. Delete the plaintext wallet, and distribute the encrypted wallet to every piece of physical media you own, store it online, and send it to several people you trust

I haven't seen this mentioned in this thread yet. I've encrypted my wallet in bitcoin-qt, but I assumed it replaced the unencrypted one itself in a secure way.

Is there some other file beside wallet.dat I should be concerned about? Should I be shredding my disk's free space, to eliminate traces of the old wallet? Is my computer judging me? Am I going to die?

N.B.: I won't trust replies, but I will appreciate them and print them out and bury them in the time capsule in my back yard.

If you don't trust others, you don't trust yourself. If you trust others, you can trust yourself and believe things will work out, and they will. To trust is to stop dividing, to understand and uplift one another.

If you don't trust others, you don't trust yourself. If you trust others, you can trust yourself and believe things will work out, and they will. To trust is to stop dividing, to understand and uplift one another.

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